DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE GALLAGHERS ALLY CHARTER DOES, BUT I DO OWN MY OWN CHARACTERS.
The wind rushed against her face as they ran through the trees, jumping over logs and hurdles. Mud covered her boots from the rain which was wetting the ground around her. Their breathing was one and she listen to it like it was the only thing keeping her sane.
Her heart thumped in her chest, her head was empty of any thoughts. She smiled as she saw the final jump. Her friends were stood to the side, and started clapping as she came into view.
They knew she would be here, she was always here, but Cammie couldn't see her friends, she was completely focused on finishing the ride. The animal underneath her flew over the fence at her slightest command.
"Go Cammie!" Cammie smiles at her friend's voice.
She slows the horse down and turns back around to face them. She looks down at them both. When she was riding that was about the only time she could do so, since she barley came to 5'1.
"What are you doing here?" she asked them and Bex steps forward, her hands on her hips and an unimpressed look on her face.
"Cammie we have to be at homecoming in two hours." Cammie dismounted the horse and Bex leaned forward sniffing the air
"And you stink of horse." She said scrunching up her noise. Cammie smiled her easy going smile
"Thank you," she said giving the chestnut bay a pat, like it was a compliment to the both of them.
Macey stepped forward seeing that Bex was getting nowhere with their little blonde friend. She raised one delicately plucked eyebrow, a talent that Cammie could never seem to master.
"Cammie, you are coming to homecoming." Cammie shrugged starting to lead the horse back to the stables, the rain was still falling and soaking her through, but her friends had brought umbrellas and coats and rain boots. The followed after her,
"Josh is going to be there." Macey sang and Cammie laughed
"And why would that make me want to go?"
"Because you want to get revenge?" Macey said still in her sing-song voice, Cammie gave her model friend a pointed look,
"No. I don't."
"Oh but you do." Bex cut in with a devilish smile
"But I don't."
"Fine. But we do." Macey said. They had reached the sables and Cammie started to un-tack the horse.
"Guys, I dumped him. Why should I need revenge?" Macey and Bex shared a look before turning back to their friend who was busy with the animal.
"He cheated on you." Bex said and Cammie felt her words sting a little, sure she was over Josh, but the memories were still quite fresh.
"I know." Cammie said still not looking at her friends; she kept working walking to and from different rooms to get different supplies. Her friends chased after her where ever she went.
"And if I was going to get revenge on anyone than it would be Eve, not Josh." Macey laughed
"Cammie I'm all for girls being conniving little back-stabbing bitches, but sadly Eve is not one of them." Eve Ibson was a small red head with glasses and freckles who was on the school's debate team.
She was a geek, but had somehow ended up at a party getting felt up for the first time by Josh, who at the time was Cammie's boyfriend.
Although Cammie wasn't a big fan of Eve after that she felt bad when it caused her to go falling down the social ladder and hitting rock bottom with the kids who always seem to have colds and smell funny.
It was mainly because Cammie was thought as the perfect princess of Roseville High.
"I know," Cammie sighed
"Okay so you're coming." Cammie shook her head as she locked up the horse's stall.
"I didn't say that."
"So you're coming?" Macey repeated and Cammie groaned before smiling,
"Fine. I'll come. But I won't be happy about it." She said wiggling her finger at Bex and Macey as they grinned and clapped their hands.
"Okay let's get you back and into the dress we have." Macey squealed about to give Cammie a hug before taking in her muddy wet clothes. Cammie rolled her eyes
"You already have the dress?" Cammie asked astonished, Bex laughed
"We knew you would agree." She says smugly and Cammie cursed silently at how predictable she was.
"Where's Liz?" Cammie asked
"At the house, she didn't want to come out in the rain, something about a higher chance of being ill during some exam, blah blah blah." Macey answered.
They start to head out; Cammie turns back around and starts running the other way.
"Where are you going?" Bex asks after her, Cammie waves at them
"Just going to tell Jen I'm leaving!" she says and they nod going out to car to meet her at the house.
Cammie knocks on the wooden door before opening it; she smiles at the woman behind the desk,
"Hey Jen," she says with her easy going smile,
"Hey Cam," the woman says, looking up from her papers.
"I'm going home, but I'll be back in the morning to just get a few things done." She says and Jen laughs, her grey hair falling into her eyes a little bit.
"I know you will be, but Cammie maybe you should think of taking a break." She says and Cammie's smiles politely.
"It's really no problem, I love working here. The horses, the riding, your so nice for letting me volunteer and hang around so much."
"I just don't want you missing out on stuff, I know your mom doesn't mind you being here but you can have too much of a good thing."
The woman wasn't trying to scare Cammie away, the girl was lovely, she was just worried about her.
Cammie shook her head "I'm fine,"
"We will be closed Sunday and Minday Cammie." Jen says with a worried look. Cammie's heart dropped
"Okay," Cammie said her thanks before leaving and heading back through the stables.
She loved working at the stables, taking care of the horses and riding the cross country course whenever she wanted. She even taught some little kids lessons on the weekends when Jen or one of the other staff members couldn't make it.
She did jobs in exchange for using the facilities since Cammie's parents couldn't aford to buy here a horse.
Cammie hurried back through the stables, her eyes trying not to look at the horses because she didn't want to get distracted. She didn't even want to go to this stupid homecoming dance. It was pointless.
She wasn't going to make Josh jealous, he had moved on. He was an A- class dirt bag and there was nothing that could change that. Not even the perfect Cammie Morgan.
She was so deep in thought she almost walked right past the boy with dark shaggy hair and a can of whip cream in his hand.
Cammie came to a sudden halt. The boy was facing away from her so she couldn't see his face. He didn't seem to have noticed her presence yet.
The boy was looking up at the sign that read 'Welcome to Gallagher Stables' which had a horse in gallop underneath it as the logo.
Cammie cleared her throat and the boy spun around sucking in a breath, his eyes wide. Cammie smiles gently at him, with an amused look on her face.
"Hey, can I help you with something?" she asks and the boy looks down at the cream in his hands nervously. He puts the can behind his back, a blush on his face.
"Uh," he says with a stutter not sure what to say or if he's in trouble.
Cammie smiles.
"Your can calm down." Cammie says, she leans around his back at the can of cream, her eyebrows furred together
"But do you mind if I ask what you were doing?" she asks trying to make sure he knew she wasn't annoyed in anyway. He looked around seeing if anyone else was around "I'm just curious." She adds and he looks up at her face
"I'm um... it's like... I was going to spray-" he gestured to the sign with the whip cream can. He looks at Cammie warily.
She has the easy going smile on her face,
"Why?"
"I'm new." He says as if that explains it and she laughs
"I can see that." She says.
She knew he was new without even seeing his face. Living in such a small town you grow to know everyone around.
"It's a dare..." he says trailing off like he's ashamed to admit it, but doesn't want to look like he's just vandalising for the sake of it.
"You can if you want." She says with a shrug. She leans in closer "I'll clean it up in the morning." She says smiling again.
The boy hesitates, his green eyes scanning her face not sure if she is being serious or not.
"I can?"
"Sure." She says with a shrug and taking a step back. She knows she shouldn't actually let him, but he seems so cute stood there and she knew exactly who had dared him to do it. "If you won't do I'll do it."
She said holding out her hand for the can. The boy continued to stare at her, a growing smirk rising onto his face. He slowly handed the can over.
She smiled and took the lid off. She stared at it fro a few seconds. Then with a wink she sprayed the cream on his shirt. She started laughing at the look of pure shock on his face.
The boy was captivated by her. She seemed so down to earth and beautiful and, and perfect. And she could surprise him which wasn't easy.
He snatched the can back from her and pointed it the sign before spraying it all over. she reached out and used her finger to take some cream off his shirt and then flicking it at the ground.
Cammie smiled her easy going smile; she started to turn away,
"Wait!" the boy shouted but she kept walking. He had to walk faster to keep up with her.
"I've got to get to homecoming." Cammie says not slowing her pace. The boy smirks,
"Dressed like that?" he asked nodding to her soaked t-shirt and beige ridding trousers. Cammie smiles
"I wish." She says. Now it's his turn to look amused,
"So I'm guessing you don't want to go?"
"Nope. Are you going?"
"Are you asking me to go?" he asks with a smirk, his green eyes twinkling in the lights of the stables,
Cammie laughs and shakes her head. She didn't really want to flirt with him, sure he was really attractive, with his messy brown hair and shinning green eyes, but he seemed a bit too cocky.
He squirted a spiral of whip cream into his mouth and looked at her waiting for her to reply properly.
"I think you should go catch up with Grant and the other guys." He shrugged.
"I guess," he paused as she started towards the parking lot and unlocked her car.
"Hold on!" he shouted. He chased after her. Again.
"How did you know I was friends with Grant?" Cammie sighed; she knew who his friends were because no one else would be able to come up with such a stupid dare other than grant and his freaks.
"Bye." Cammie said climbing into her car.
She saw her neighbours car parked a few metres away; it seemed the rain had died down and was nothing more than drops being blown off of trees. She rolled down her window as the new kid tapped on it.
"I don't even know your name." He said
"And I don't know yours." She replied before smiling up at him again, "But we'll both work it out." She winked and started her engine.
"Catch ya later." She said
"You're actually not going to tell me your name?" He asked surprised, she smiled smiled.
"Nope." and with that she pulled out of the car park and headed down the road.
~XXXX~
He stared after her in awe for a few moments before getting into the car with his new friends.
They all stared at him as he entered having watched the whole scene.
Sam patted him on that back
"Dude." He said shaking his head, "She's got you." Zach turned to look at the blonde boy. His mouth twisted up into a pitying smile. Zach frowned and saw that everyone was looking at his the same way.
"What?" he asked. Grant smiled at him
"She's perfect."
"She's strange." Zach said tossing the whip cream into Sam's lap. Sam squeezed some into his mouth like Zach had a few minutes ago.
"She's hot." Sam added swallowing,
"She's different." Nick says "Awesome, funny, cool, gorgeous and she can kill you will one flash of that award winning smile." He said and they all muttered agreement. All except Grant.
"Shame Cuddle Bears here won't let anyone touch her." Grant scowled as Sam laid a hand on his shoulder.
"Not true." He said trying his best not to sound too aggressive.
"Ah... yes." Nick said.
"Nope. You guys tried can't blame your failure on me bros." Grant says with a smirk. He flicked Sam's hand off his shoulder.
"Hey, she's saving herself for me." Sam says with a wink. Grant shakes his head amused and annoyed. He hated these conversations about Cammie.
They had grown up together, she was like a sister to him. It was weird talking about her like he wanted to sleep with her.
Zach didn't understand the conversation.
"Wait, have you dated her?" he asks Sam. All the guys burst into laughter. Sam glares at them all and mumbles at them under his breath. Zach looks around confused.
"He wishes!" Nick says.
"Hey Nick?" Sam says
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
"Okay here's the thing," Grant says, turning around from the driver's seat to face Zach.
"Cammie is like my sister I guess, so don't like people messing with her." Cammie. So her name was Cammie. Zach smirks; I guess she was right when she said they would work out each other's names.
"Wish she was my sister." Zach says, staring off at the stables where he had meet her.
"Glad she's not mine." Sam mutters
"Why?"
"Because then she really is off limits." Sam smirks and Grant frowns
"You're sick man." He says before turning back to Zach
"You can try if you want, but you'll need some kind of luck." He said nonchalantly. Zach smirked
"Try? I'm sure it won't be that hard. No girl can resist this." he said gesturing to his body. Grant rolled his eyes.
"Alright I don't need another Sam around. There is too much ego in this car." He said but smiled knowing the new kid didn't know what was coming.
"Just saying, Cammie doesn't date." Grant said and Zach frowned
"Why? Is she like a slut?" Sam laughed and patted him on the back.
"Nah man she's a virgin." He said whispering the last word like it was a secret.
"Awh I get it. She's frigid." Zach said
"Wrong again." Nick said.
Zach really didn't get this girl. And the guys weren't helping him out.
"Cammie is a flirt, a tease and she breaks almost every guy's heart." Nick said he seemed amused but there was a bitter note to his voice.
Sam clapped him on the back
"And this dude should know." He said
"Fuck off." Nick hissed and Grant laughed
"She doesn't seem like the type." Zach says.
"She doesn't mean to, it just happens, but you got to love her." Nick says.
"Yeah Cammie is the only girl I know who won't flirt with you if she doesn't think that she wouldn't actually go for you. The others are bitches." Sam says. Nick nods his head in agreement while the others frown. "What?" he says
"Bex isn't a bitch." Grant snaps
"Um ya, she is." Nick says
"Whatever lets go get ready for homecoming." Grant says starting the car. They all groan.
"Come on guys, the girls will be getting ready." He says
"I'm in then." Zach says any chance to see Cammie again.
"Fine." Nick and Jonas reply. Jonas was the quite type. He didn't say much when he didn't know you.
"This is all well in good for you guys." Sam says, "You got Bex. You got Cammie. You got Elizabeth. And you got the Ice Queen. I got no one" He gestures to each boy in turn.
"She's not the Ice Queen. And you can pick up some chick there I'm sure." Nick argues.
"Please you are the only guy who thinks the girl is nice." Sam says
"Who's the 'Ice Queen'?" Zach asks. Nick replies before anyone else has a chance to dis her again
"Her name is Macey." Nick says, glaring at the boy and Sam shrugs
"Same thing." Grant says. Zach laughs. He had so much to learn.
"Bex is a bitch too." Nick snaps at Grant.
"We've covered this." Sam mumbled
"Cammie isn't." Sam adds and Zach nods his head.
"You guys need to face realty. She will never date any of you." Grant said
"But-" Zach starts
"Well, you might have a chance, but the window is small and closing quickly." He says
"I've only had one conversation with her." Zach defends
"Then the window is smaller than I thought." Grant says and Zach smirks. He always liked a good challenge. Grant glanced at Zach in the review mirror.
"Don't break her heart." Grant says
"Thought you said that she was the one who breaks hearts?" Zach said and Grant sighs
"Just be careful, Zach. Girls are dangerous and unpredictable."
~XXXX~
Cammie climbed out of the shower and dried off, all of the dirt and mud and horse gone down the drain.
She sighed and wrapped her hair up in her towel to let it dry faster. She moisturised and put on her underwear. She slipped on a silky black and white robe before heading across the hall to her friends.
She smiled and twirled around when she entered the room.
"What do you think?" she asked "am I ready?" there was sarcasm in her voice.
Macey grabbed her and shoved her into the chair, so she could primp her.
"See Cam; now we have to blow dry your hair. If you hadn't gone to the stables it would have been dry by now and I could be curling it." Bex and Liz were already dressed.
"Sorry." She said pretending to be ashamed.
Macey took the towel off her head and tossed it on the floor as she pulled out the hairdryer.
Bex and Liz shuddered.
They had already been through Macey's beauty session and were sat on Cammie's bed doing their best not to wrinkle their dressed.
Bex was wearing a white floaty dress that finished at her knees, it had a gold trim around the edges and she wore gold earrings and a simple gold chain around her neck. He heels were white like her dress.
Liz had on a baby pink dress with laces sleeves that finished three quarters down her arm. Her shoes were grey heels that were considerably lower than Bex's.
Macey had learned not to put Liz in four inch heels since Liz was one of the clumsiest people you know."We don't have much time?" Liz said, starting to worry about being late. she hated being late.
"See now we're going to be late because of you." Macey said, Cammie frowned
"We're always late." Cammie says
"Well we are going to be later than usual." Macey says.
"Go without me then." Cammie said firmly. Macey flicked the power on thehair dryer and ignored Cammie's comment.
Once Cammie's hair was reasonably dry Macey started to curl it.
"Now hold still I don't want to ruin your hair before we even get started." Macey said
Cammie could feel the heat of the curling iron on her scalp,
"It's not my hair I'm worried about." Cammie muttered
"Please, it's not like going to-"
"Ow!" Cammie yelled as the hot iron came into contact with the back of her neck. Macey swallowed and gave a nervous laugh
"Sorry," she said and Cammie huffed. She wanted to be back at the stables. With her horses, and the sweet smell of hay and fresh air.
"Macey I think you should try and be more carful with that thing, you burnt me twice." Bex says looking worriedly at Cammie in the chair
"Please, I'm an expert at this. You guys are the ones who move around." Macey said. Liz touched her hairline where Macey had also burnt her and then covered it up with foundation so you couldn't see it.
There was a knock on the bedroom door and Rachel Morgan popped her head into the room, when she saw that none of the girls would be bothered if she came in she opened the door fully,
She smiled. Cammie looked so much like her mother, like a mini version of her because Rachel was tall and Cammie was short.
"Hey girls," she said.
They all responded with a chorus of "Hey Rachel"
"I see it all worked out?" She asked turning to Macey who nodded.
"Yup," Macey said.
"What worked out?" Cammie asked
"You're mom wanted you to go tonight." Macey said lightly. So now people were going behind her back, Cammie thought.
"Cammie this is so great! You guys are going to have so much fun!" Her mom said. Sometimes Cammie felt like out of the two of them she was the adult.
"Thanks mom."
"Come show me when you have the dress on sweet heart." She says sending Macey a wink.
Rachel knew how much Cammie was going to love the dress.
"Will do." Cammie replies as Rachel smiled and left the room.
Cammie sighed
"Macey,"
"You're going." Macey said and knowing what her friend was going to say
"Cammie you need to start getting out more." Bex said firmly
"I get out a lot."
"Spending all your free time with horses doesn't count as a social life." Cammie frowned
"I can't afford a social life." Cammie stated
"Get a job then." Macey butts in
"I can't have a job and work at the stables." Cammie says like its the most obvious thing in the world.
"Good, quite the stables." Bex says. Cammie hated how her friends were always telling her she spent too much time there.
Why couldn't they just let her be?
"Guys it's not our business what Cammie does with her free time." Liz cuts in trying to keep the peace.
"Thank you Liz." Cammie says
"This conversation isn't over." Bex says
Cammie groaned and dropped her chin a little.
"Hey." Macey warned, she didn't want to burn her friend again, "And I heard there is a new kid starting! That's got to be a plus." Macey said, letting a perfect curl drop off the curler,
"I guess, but he's not really my type." Macey frowned
"What, have you met him?"
"Yeah, at the stables after you and Bex left."
"Dammit." Macey said wishing she could have been there "Was he cute?"
"Yeah."
"Like pretty boy handsome or ruggedly handsome?" Bex asked excitedly and Cammie smiled, remembering his messy hair.
"Ruggedly handsome." She replied and Macey squealed.
"Dear Lord I pray that my little horse-butt here gets her hands on New Kid before anyone else does." Macey says, her voice high as she looked up towards the ceiling like it was some greater being.
"Oh hardy-har-har." Cammie shot back and Macey scoffed,
"Screw you, I'm hilarious." Macey says sourly and Cammie just starts laughing. Macey puts down the curling iron and fluffed up Cammie's new curls.
"I just want you over Josh." Macey says after a while. Cammie turns around and stands up to face her friend.
"I am over him Mace." Macey gives her an unconvinced glare.
"I am." Cammie repeats, trying to stay confident.
"You're over Josh, but you don't want hot new kid? I'm not buying it." Macey says Cammie laughs
"Well buy it, because it'll look good on you. Stop worrying about me!" Cammie whacks her on the arm, "Worry about your own love life."
"Fine." Macey says turning towards Cammie's closet. Cammie snickers at the comment she's about to say
"Oh wait, you don't have one either." She says and Macey spins around, Cammie raises her arms and jumps back,
"Watch it Morgan." Macey says, but there is playfulness in her voice.
"It's cool I know you're waiting for Nick."
"Stay away from Nick. Don't need him falling in love with you again."
"He wasn't in love with me!" Cam defends
Bex and Liz look at each other sceptically.
"Sureee." Macey drawls opening up Cammie's closet.
She takes a dress of the rack. It was navy which fanned out at the hips and came to about mid thigh. It had a large cream ribbon in the back that had to be tied into a bow. It had no straps; Macey was also holding a pair of navy heals with little bows on the front.
Cammie grinned and gently took the dress and shoes from Macey.
"God you know me so well." She says and Macey smiles smugly.
"I know."
~XXXX~
Sam looked at his reflection in the mirror.
"This is messed up. Why am I going to homecoming again? I never have a good time." He says tying to tie his bowtie. He frowns and takes it off to start again.
"Oh Shut up Louis," Grant mutters "I don't want to hear you complaining the whole night."
"Oh I'll be complaining, but I'm staying till ten thirty tops." Sam says running his fingers through his blonde hair.
All the guys were fully dressed in tuxedos. All of them had rented one except for Jonas who had one of his own, no surprise there, but Zach, who was borrowing Nick's fathers.
It was surprising it fit, but the man seemed to be in good shape for a 50 year old and Zach was fully grown.
All of them were at Nick's house.
"Where are Bex and Liz?" Jonas asks cleaning his glasses,
Bex and Liz had decided headed over to Nick's house to make sure the boys were doing what they were suppose to while Macey and Cammie finished up.
"Down stairs in the kitchen." Nick replies. He had been the one to let them in.
"Who's Liz?" Zach asks
"Jonas's geek." Nick says, nudging Jonas in the arm.
"She's not my anything Nicholas." Jonas said looking away from him
"Ouch. Whipping out the full name," Nick said "That really hurts."
"Shut up." Jonas mumbles, he knew Nick really disliked his full name.
"Do I have to wear the bowtie?" Sam asks, loosening it a little after finally getting it tied.
He was completely oblivious to what the others were saying.
Nick shrugged
"Do what you want Louis, no one has ever stopped you before." He says and Sam lets his hands fall to his sides.
"Is Cammie coming over before we leave?" Zach asks, Grant shakes his head,
"Nope, she and the girls will arrive fashionably late. Macey and Cam will swing round once we leave to collect Bex and Liz."
"So no one here has a date then?" Zach asks sceptically and for the first time since Zach met them they all go quite. One guess who the first one open his mouth was;
"I could have got a date if I wanted one." Sam says casually shoving his hand into his pocket to make sure he had his lighter and cigarettes for later.
"Me too." Nick and Grant say at the same time.
"Yeah neither of you two have the balls to ask out either of the beasts." Jonas says with a snort.
"And you didn't ask Liz." Nick says
"You didn't ask Macey or Cammie." Jonas says
"Why would he ask Cammie?" Zach cuts in
"Because Nick here is in love with her." Sam teases,
"I'm not in love with her." Nick growls,
"You were the one who turned Macey down last year because you were in love with her." Jonas says to Nick, "That's why you haven't worked up the nerve to ask Macey to be your date."
"I was never in love with Cammie." Nick lied; it's easy to lie about it now because it seemed so far away,
"Calm down you both love Cammie." Sam says not expecting them both to turn on him
"You did too!" they hiss simultaneously. Zach nearly chokes,
"Sam Louis in love? I haven't known you very long, but damn I'd like to see that." Zach says with a smirk.
Grant couldn't stand it anymore.
"Shut up!" he shouted
"Can we just stop talking about all of you being in love with Cammie?"
Zach nodded his. This girl seemed to have caused a lot of trouble for theses guys. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to get involve with her...
But when he had seen her Zach couldn't help but feel like some cells in his body died. "Now who's ready for homecoming?" He said pushing the blonde girl from his mind.
A/N-Hey everyone are you excited for my new story? I am planning on making these chapters reallyyyyy long, but that might mean less frequent... although one of my other stories will be ending soon so maybe not. I don't really know. Just in case you were wondering my main focus will not be taken off of my other story 'Love Letters' I have the next chapter for that later today...
Also sorry for the swearing, there was a lot in this chapter and I don't usually swear, and just so you know, I never swear in person, this is just my characters
My amazing cover was made by the amazing writer and great friend of mine, SummerTime16! I know that I have thanked you already, but thank you again because how awesome is it!? So just give her a round of applause and go check out her stories! Also I was inspired by SmurfZXC714 and her story, but it is not the same and you should go check out her work too!
Sorry for this long A/N, do you think you guys could review?